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Mzwanele Manyi, who has joined the ATM, says the ANC is “tired, fatigued and lost its moral compass”.Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times
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From the death penalty to scrapping low pass marks: Manyi’s ambitions for the ATM

Just two days after he announced the African Transformation Movement (ATM) as his new political home, Mzwanele Manyi said the party would bring back the death penalty and scrap low pass marks in public schools if it came to power. In an…

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None A mother and a child walk past a discarded ballot box at a polling booth in Vuwani, Limpopo. The IEC says 285 parties are expected to contest the national poll. File imageImage: REUTERS
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84 new political parties hoping for your vote in May elections

South Africans will be spoilt for choice, with no fewer than 285 parties on the ballot paper when they take to the polls in May. The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) announced on Thursday that it had received 47 political party…

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Former Nelson Mandela Bay municipal spokesperson, now a political analyst and researcher, Ongama MtimkaImage: File/ Mike Holmes
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Stern warning for spin doctors

Government communicators should refrain from being involved in the politics of their respective government spheres and focus on their main mandate: being a civil servant. This stern warning was issued by a former Nelson Mandela Bay…

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